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Lund, Teri B.; Barksdale, Susan B. – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Reports on the state of strategic planning for education and training in service industries, manufacturing, retailing, and entertainment organizations. A questionnaire surveyed 200 training managers in organizations of over 5,000 employees headquartered primarily in the Pacific Northwest and revealed that strategic planning is becoming a priority.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Management Development, Occupational Surveys, Organizational Objectives
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Gibbs, Graham – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1995
Discusses ways to reward and promote excellent teachers based on a survey of higher education promotion practices in the United Kingdom. Highlights include the need for promotion criteria; the need for standards; balancing different areas of achievement, including teaching, research, and administration; student feedback questionnaires;…
Descriptors: Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Workload
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Cox, Margaret J. – Education and Computing, 1989
Discusses the effectiveness of classroom trials as a method of providing feedback in the development process for educational software. The impact of formative evaluation on the development of computer-assisted learning (CAL) by a team is discussed, criteria for software selection are described, and steps toward successful implementation are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Criteria, Feedback
Delalic, Esref – 1981
This handbook is intended for teachers new to adult basic education (ABE) programs and attempts to cover concepts of adult learning and the role of the educator as facilitator and resource for self-directed learners. Background information is provided concerning the phenomenon of illiteracy with discussions of basic principles (particularly…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
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Kronowitz, Ellen – Social Studies Review, 1988
Reveals how preservice education majors feel about the California Framework for History-Social Science Education. Summarizes responses to a questionnaire dealing with the Framework's philosophy, scope and sequence. Presents students' ideas for methods of implementing the Framework. (LS)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Evaluation, Education Majors, Educational Philosophy
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Marshall, Joanne Gard – Library and Information Science Research, 1990
Discussion of the value of diffusion of innovation theory for predicting the implementation of end-user online searching highlights a study of Canadian health professionals who were early adopters of end-user searching. User perceptions are emphasized, and the use of diffusion of innovation theory in information science research is recommended.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Foreign Countries, Health Personnel, Information Science
Burke, Michael A.; Garrard, Susan – 1989
This report summarizes the pilot-year (1988-89) activities of a project in the Green Bay Area (Wisconsin) Public School District which provides educational programming via an ITFS (Instructional Television Fixed Service) system. The goal of the project was to expand opportunities for staff development, staff communication, and resource sharing…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Bureau of Health Professions. – 1999
This report presents the implementation plans recommended by the Implementation Task Force (ITF) of the National Commission on Allied Health (NCAH) and reviews the purpose, goals, and impact of each plan. Chapter 1 introduces the NCAH and ITF and provides an overview of the role of allied health in today's health care environment and how that role…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Coordination, Educational Change
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Carver, Joyce; MacKay, Ruth C. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1986
Reports on a distance education undergraduate nursing course offered by Dalhousie University School of Nursing (Nova Scotia) via live interactive television during 1984-85. The delivery method, course design, student achievement and attitudes towards the delivery method, costs, and advantages and disadvantages are described. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communications Satellites, Costs, Course Descriptions
Greenwood, Katy; And Others – 1981
This two-part report describes various strategies for involving the private sector in job training programs and summarizes a study conducted with prime sponsors of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs in Texas. Included in a discussion of involving the private sector in job training programs are the following topics: the new…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation
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Boyle, Tom; And Others – Computers and Education, 1994
Describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a computer-assisted learning (CAL) package called CLEM (CORE Learning Environment for Modula-2) that was developed in Great Britain for teaching the Modula-2 programming language to first-year college students. Topics discussed include interactivity, flexibility, ease of use, student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design
Missouri State Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Jefferson City. – 1996
This report is the product of a cooperative planning effort by a group of leaders in higher education across Missouri to summarize the available resources for distance education in the state and offer recommendations for increased access. After an introduction, a description of the planning process, and a statement of the group's guiding…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Programs